List of protoplasts in religion

A protoplast, from ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos, "first-formed"), in a religious context initially referred to the first human or, more generally, to the first organized body of progenitors of humankind (as in Adam and Eve or Manu and Shatrupa), or of surviving humanity after a cataclysm (as in Deucalion or Noah).

List of protoplasts

Abrahamic mythology

Adam and Eve^{[citation needed]}
Noah^{[citation needed]}
Adam Kadmon (esoteric)^{[citation needed]}
Adam kasia ("hidden Adam") and Adam pagria [de] ("bodily Adam") (esoteric), in Mandaeism^{[citation needed]}
Lilith (esoteric)^{[citation needed]}

Australian Aboriginal mythology

Ayyavazhi mythology

Kaliyan and Kalicchi

Aztec mythology

Tata/Coxcox and Nana/Xochitl – new progenitors of humankind after the flood
Oxomoco and Cipactonal – first human couple created

Baganda

Kintu

Berber

Iarbas or Garamas – first man (according to Greek sources)

Cherokee

Selu and Kanati

Chinese folk religion

Fu Xi and Nüwa (sometimes said to be created by Pangu)
Pangu

Cowichan peoples

Quiltumtun

Germanic mythology

Tuiscon – first ancestor of Germans

Greek mythology

Pandora – first woman
Epimetheus – first man (by some accounts)
Pelasgus – first man (by some accounts)
Alalcomenes – first man (by some accounts)
Kouretes – first race (by some accounts)
Korybantes – first race (by some accounts)
Deucalion and Pyrrha (the first postdiluvian humans)

Hawaiian religion

Laʻilaʻi – first woman
Kiʻi – first man

Hindu mythology

Svayambhuva Manu and Shatarupa (first couple on earth)
Including Vaivasvata Manu and Shraddha (wife of Vaivasvata Manu) of current Manvantara

Inca mythology

Pacha Camac

Lakota people

Tokahe – first human emerged from the underworld
Wa and Ka

Māori mythology

Tiki and Marikoriko

Muisca mythology

Tena and Fura

Navajo mythology

Áłtsé Hastiin and Áłtsé Asdzą́ą́

Norse mythology

Ask and Embla (former)
Líf and Lífþrasir (future)

Philippine mythology

Malakas (strong) and Maganda (beautiful)
Silalac and Sivacay (Hiligaynon)

Polynesian mythology

Ele'ele
Kumu-Honua and Lalo-Honua
Marikoriko and Tiki
Tu-Mea
Tonga
Vatea and Papa

Shinto mythology

Izanagi and Izanami

Traditional African religions

Kikuyu
- Gikuyu and Mumbi
Lozi mythology
- Kamunu (first human created by Nyambe)
Serer creation myth
- YAAB and YOP (first human couple, female and male respectively, created by Roog in Serer religion)
- Unan and Ngoor (two mythical figures in the Serer creation myth and early ancestors of humanity, female and male respectively)
- Jambooñ and Agaire (two sisters and early ancestors of the Serer and Jola people respectively whose pirogue broke at the Point of Sangomar, separating the two groups)

Turkic mythology

Törüngey and Ece

Vietnamese mythology

Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ

Yoruba mythology

Oduduwa and Obatala
Iya Nla

Zoroastrian mythology

References

↑ "The Apocalypse of Moses". Archived from the original on January 5, 2026.
1 2 Beckwith, Martha Warren (1972) [1951]. The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-8248-0771-9.
↑ "Genesis of YAAB & YOP", narrated by Armand Diouf of Ndimaag, Senegal, in Gravrand, Henry (1990). La Civilisation Sereer – Pangool (in French). Vol. 2. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal. p. 204. ISBN 978-2-7236-1055-1.
↑ Gravrand, Henry (1990). La Civilisation Sereer – Pangool (in French). Vol. 2. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal. pp. 204–205. ISBN 978-2-7236-1055-1.
↑ Ndiaye, Fata (1991). "La saga du peuple sérère et l'Histoire du Sine". Éthiopiques. Nouvelle série (in French). 7 (54).
↑ "An overview of Seereer deities and Seereer historical figures". The Seereer Resource Centre. 2015.
↑ Taal, Ebou Momar (2010). "Senegambian Ethnic Groups: Common Origins and Cultural Affinities Factors and Forces of National Unity, Peace and Stability". The Point.

[1] "The Apocalypse of Moses". Archived from the original on January 5, 2026.

[beckwith-2] 1 2 Beckwith, Martha Warren (1972) [1951]. The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-8248-0771-9.

[3] "Genesis of YAAB & YOP", narrated by Armand Diouf of Ndimaag, Senegal, in Gravrand, Henry (1990). La Civilisation Sereer – Pangool (in French). Vol. 2. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal. p. 204. ISBN 978-2-7236-1055-1.

[4] Gravrand, Henry (1990). La Civilisation Sereer – Pangool (in French). Vol. 2. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal. pp. 204–205. ISBN 978-2-7236-1055-1.

[5] Ndiaye, Fata (1991). "La saga du peuple sérère et l'Histoire du Sine". Éthiopiques. Nouvelle série (in French). 7 (54).

[6] "An overview of Seereer deities and Seereer historical figures". The Seereer Resource Centre. 2015.

[7] Taal, Ebou Momar (2010). "Senegambian Ethnic Groups: Common Origins and Cultural Affinities Factors and Forces of National Unity, Peace and Stability". The Point.

List of protoplasts in religion

List of protoplasts

See also

References